2017 Mass Killings in the United States

[Paul in Saudi]

1) 1 January 2017, Lexington County, SC 4 killed (shot) (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/a...icide-44509341)


2) 3 January 2017, Marion County OR 5 killed (multiple) (http://koin.com/2017/08/11/da-keith-kroeker-killed-his-wife-3-kids-himself/)


3) 17 January 2017 Springfield MA 4 killed (vehicular homicide) (http://www.masslive.com/news/index.s..._motor_ve.html)


4) 5 January 2017, Hubbard, OR 5 killed (multiple) (http://katu.com/news/local/sheriff-....ds-to-the-head)


5) 6 January 2017 Fort Lauderdale. FL 5 killed (shot) (http://wsvn.com/news/local/multiple-...-intl-airport/)


6) 10 January 2017 Colorado Springs, CO 4 killed (shot) (http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/11...-bodies-found/)


7) 28 January 2017 Kitsnap County, WA 4 killed (arson) (http://q13fox.com/2017/02/01/4000-re...ows-something/)


8) 6 February 2017 Yazoo City MS 4 killed (shot) (http://wjtv.com/2017/02/06/breaking-...in-yazoo-city/)


9) 7 February 2017 Morris OK 4 killed (shot) (http://ktul.com/news/local/okmulgee....f-4-found-dead)


10) 19 February 2017 Preston ID 4 killed (shot) (https://www.ksl.com/?sid=43246828&nid=157)


11) 22 February 2017 Toomsuba MS 4 dead (shot) (http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/201...y_shot_to.html)


12) 6 March 2017 El Centro CA 4 dead (shot) (http://www.kyma.com/news/three-peopl...home/380196896)


13) 8 March 2017 Detroit MI 5 killed (arson) (http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/loca...40302465-story)



14) 15 March 2017 Metairie LA 4 killed (shot) (http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news...ting/672446842)



15) 22 March 2017 Weston WI 4 killed (shot) (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat....icle-1.3006291



16) 23 March 2017 Sacramento CA 4 killed (not reported) (http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/68...ome?artslide=0)




17) 29 March 2017 Concan TX 13 killed (vehicular homicide) (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/29/us...-bus-accident/)



18) 30 March 2017 Canton OH 4 killed (shot) (http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index..._killed_i.html)




19) 31 March 2017 Chicago IL 5 killed (shot) (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...330-story.html)




20) 7 April 2017 Saint Paul MN 4 killed (shot)( http://kstp.com/news/st-paul-shootin...taken/4447970/)




21) 7 April 2017 Houston TX 5 killed (shot)(http://abc13.com/news/4-dead-in-appa...nd-co/1845757/)



22) 25 April 2017 Cove AK 4 killed (not reported) (http://nbc4i.com/2017/04/30/missing-...-uncle-killed/) Mass killing or serial?



23) 30 April 2017 Topeka KS 4 killed (shot) (https://apnews.com/0669a9123462455eb9f19a3a206fcd59)



24) 12 May 2017 Kirkersvile OH 4 killed (shot) (http://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/...lle/101587810/)



25) 28 May 2017 Brookhaven MS 8 killed (shot) (http://www.wftv.com/news/police-say-...ippi/527382361)


26) 5 June 2017 Orlando FL 6 killed (shot) (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...605-story.html)



27) 7 June 2017 Washington County IN 4 killed (shot) (http://fox59.com/2017/06/05/isp-seek...thern-indiana/)



28) 8 June 2017 Tunkhannock PA 4 killed (shot) (http://www.pahomepage.com/news/four-...ting/735099274)



29) 11? June 2017 Lake Township, & North Royalton OH 5 killed (multiple) (http://www.wkyc.com/mb/news/crime/ac...rges/449198377)



30) 14 June 2017 San Francisco CA 4 killed (shot) (http://abc7news.com/news/multiple-pe...ility/2098106/)



31) 16 June 2017 La Madera NM 5 killed (shot) (https://www.abqjournal.com/1018851/d...ing-spree.html)


32) 1 July 2017 Lake McConaughy NE, 4 killed (vehicular homicide) (http://www.kmaland.com/news/kansas-...cle_91b900b0-7906-11e7-9667-2331217986c9.html)


33) 6 July 2017 Gwinnet GA 4 killed (stabbed) (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.3305372)


34) 12 July 2017 Gardendale AL 4 killed (shot) (http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/201...ible_acti.html)


35) 13 July 2017 Greenville & Pickens Counties SC, 4 killed (shot) (http://www.thestate.com/news/state/s...161308353.html)



36) 4 August 2017 Fontana CA 4 killed (vehicular homicide) (http://www.foxla.com/news/local-news/272053556-story)



37) 18 August 2017 Munds Park AZ 4 killed (vehicular homicide) (http://azdailysun.com/news/local/ar...cle_39ce1bed-3d94-5164-8541-8c2e6f99c029.html)



38) 24 July 2017 Beecher IL, 4 killed (vehicular homicide) (https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...educed-for-man-charged-in-crash-that-killed-4)


39) 21 August 2017 Halifax County NC, 4 killed (shot) (http://abc11.com/halifax-county-authorities-id-quadruple-murder-victims/2330911/) (http://www.wral.com/no-bond-for-man-charged-with-quadruple-murder-in-halifax-county/17057698/)



40) 24 August 2017 Bloomington CA, 4 killed (multiple) (http://ktla.com/2017/08/24/blooming...investigated-as-murder-suicide-sheriffs-dept/)


41) 24 August 2017 Saint Louis County MO, 4 killed (shot) (http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=LEEDCC)


42) 8 September 2017 Groton MA, 4 killed (beaten)( https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2017/09/08/four-people-found-dead-inside-a-groton-home)


43) 10 September 2017 Plano TX, 8 killed (shot) (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...h-texas-home-shooter-killed-article-1.3485744)



44) 10 September 2017, Richmond VA 4 killed (shot) (http://www.nbc12.com/story/36337169/police-id-4-killed-in-gilpin-court-weekend-shootings)



45) 15 September 2017 Chicago IL 4 killed (shot) (http://abc7chicago.com/4-killed-in-brighton-park-shooting/2421980/)


46) 1 October 2017 Greensboro NC, 5 killed (vehicular homicide) (http://www.wxii12.com/article/five-...-of-stolen-car-crashes-in-greensboro/12666873


47) 1 October 2017 Las Vegas NV 59 killed (shot) (https://www.reviewjournal.com/local...lled-100-wounded-in-las-vegas-strip-shooting/)


48) 8 October 2017 Salem OR, 5 killed (vehicular homicide) (http://q13fox.com/2017/10/09/convic...ed-in-oregon-crash-that-killed-mother-4-kids/)


49) 11 October 2017, Pedro OH, 4 killed (multiple) (http://abc6onyourside.com/news/loca...child-and-person-of-interest-in-southern-ohio)


Events 49
Killed 280

 

[caketastydelish]

Nah. We should just repeal the 2nd.

You should offer a realistic solution, though.

 

[EgonSpengler]

You should offer a realistic solution, though.

If you mean that repealing the 2nd Amendment is unrealistic, yes, I agree. I think there's zero chance that will ever happen. If you mean I should offer ideas for laws that would replace the 2nd, I think we already have many of those, and the 2nd is an impediment to them. For example, this past July, in Wrenn v. District of Columbia, the D.C. Circuit struck down the city's "good reason" code on concealed-carry in public on 2nd Amendment grounds. That code was itself an attempt to abide by District of Columbia v. Heller, which struck down the city's ban on handguns. So we can see that even a law intended to be some kind of compromise isn't enough. The 2nd Amendment simply doesn't allow for any restrictions, sensible or compromise or otherwise. If I were an originalist or a textualist (I'm not, I think those are brain-dead principles of jurisprudence), I would argue that restrictions on private ownership of military hardware and restrictions against people with demonstrable mental illnesses owning guns are un-Constitutional. Restrictions against convicted felons owning guns might be too, but I'd have to look more closely at that.

 

[Paul in Saudi]

50) 31 October 2017 New York City NY 6 killed (vehicular homicide)( http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...ot-truck-runs-4-bike-riders-article-1.3602094)

Events 50
Killed 286

 

[rah]

8 killed, latest report

 

[Paul in Saudi]

(I shall correct this report in the morning, when things settle down.)

 

[Paul in Saudi]

Correction:


50) 31 October 2017 New York City NY 8 killed (vehicular homicide)( http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...ot-truck-runs-4-bike-riders-article-1.3602094)


Events 50
Killed 288

 

[Paul in Saudi]

I will update #51 tomorrow as required.

51) 5 October 2017 Sutherland Springs TX 27 killed (shot) (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41880511)


Events 51
Killed 315

 

[Paul in Saudi]

That is 5 November, not October.

 

[danjuno]

You realize you can edit posts, right?

 

[Birdjaguar]

26 more dead in Texas. I guess they don't have enough guns there for everyone to be safe.

 

[FriendlyFire]

26 more dead in Texas. I guess they don't have enough guns there for everyone to be safe.

Its called Freedomizing when white people do it !

 

[Berzerker]

looks like the guy targeted the church because in-laws attended it (not that day though)

 

[Birdjaguar]

Shooting people will soon be "speech" and open to all.

 

[rah]

looks like the guy targeted the church because in-laws attended it (not that day though)

What source do you have for that? I haven't seen that yet. IF so that sounds like a good motive to me.

 

[Berzerker]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ing-spans-generations/?utm_term=.d518d4ce8752

that wasn't the source I saw but it delves into his possible motives

and the 55 year old plumber did shoot him, Kelley texted his father saying he'd been shot

 

[Bugfatty300]

26 more dead in Texas. I guess they don't have enough guns there for everyone to be safe.

In this case, at the very least, there was enough to prevent the killer from continuing on to other targets. Seems like the he was prepared for a whole day of mayhem.

 

[rah]

Yeah, I'm torn on that aspect. Them having guns probably saved some lives, but him having one in the first place was the only thing that made it necessary.

 

[danjuno]

They said he hated his mother-in-law, so it's possible after he missed her at the church he was going out to try and find her?

 

[Bugfatty300]

Yeah, I'm torn on that aspect. Them having guns probably saved some lives, but him having one in the first place was the only thing that made it necessary.

Compared to the Vegas killer, there seems to have been a lot of red flags and shoulda woulda couldas leading up to this going back long before he picked up a weapon.

Apparently the federal background check bureaucracy failed and he was cleared to take possession of the guns he purchased.